By ScottDClary.comAugust 6, 2023August 30th, 2023No Comments
More millionaires were created during the Great Depression than at any other time in US history.
What was your excuse again?
The year was 1929, and the stock market was in free fall. Amidst this chaos, a man named J. Paul Getty saw something others did not.
Opportunity.
Getty made an unconventional move. He bought oil fields when others were selling. At pennies on the dollar, when fear governed the market.
It was risky. It was bold. It was pure genius.
While others tightened their belts, Getty widened his empire.
He didn’t see barriers; he saw horizons. He didn’t follow; he led.
Getty once said, “If you can count your money, you don’t have a billion dollars.”
He wasn’t playing small. He was thinking big.
Most saw a wall. He saw a door.
Most feared change. He embraced it.
Was it luck? Or was it a mindset?
The Great Depression didn’t only birth monetary millionaires. It fostered mental billionaires.
Those who saw lessons, not failures. Beginnings, not ends. Dances, not storms.
Their secret? A refusal to be ordinary.
What do you see in your chaos? Walls or doors? Storms or dances?
Remember, perspective is your reality.
Even in your Great Depression, you can build empires. In your dark, you can find dawn.
You might be waiting for opportunity to knock. But what if it’s already here, hidden in the chaos?
More millionaires were created during the Great Depression than at any other time in US history.
Like Getty, your unconventional move may be waiting.
So, ask yourself again.
What was your excuse?
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